Food Chain

Match the following

• an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal cells into simpler substances for energy.

• carnivore

• a type of consumer that eats only meat

• consumer

• an animal that does not produce its own food, and so gets nutrients by eating plants and/or other an

• energy

• tiny, one-celled organisms that are neither plants nor animals. They are involved in infectious dise

• bacteria

• the ability to do work, have power or produce change.

• decomposer

Match the following

• a series of living things in which each uses the one below it as a food source.

• food chain

• a type of consumer that eats only plants

• population

• all the interlocking food chains in a community.

• herbivore

• all the living things of one kind in a particular place.

• food web

• an organism that eats both plants and animals

• omnivore

Match the following

• eats primary consumers for energy

• prey

• eats plants for energy

• primary consumers

• an animal that eats other animals; the opposite of prey.

• secondary consumer

• an organism that is able to make its own energy.

• producer

• an animal that is killed by another and eaten.

• predator

Match the following

• an animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals

• scavenger

• Relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same ecosystem.

• food web

• Any living thing.

• resources

• A collection of food chains interconnected from the same ecosystem

• Organisms

• A substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and

• Competition

Match the following

• To hide or disguise the presence of an object, animal, or person.

• Organisms

• Traits that are inherited from one’s parents, such as hair color, eye color, and height.

• environmental factors

• Any living thing.

• genetics factors

• The things in one’s surroundings, including living and nonliving things.

• camouflage

• Surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives.

• Environment

Match the following

• an animal that eats other animals; the opposite of prey.

• invasive species

• a type of consumer that eats only plants

• ecosystem

• A scientist who studies different populations within an ecosystem.

• predator

• A plant or animal that is not native to a given area.

• herbivore

• A community of interacting organisms and their environment. It includes both living and nonliving th

• wildlife biologist

A consumer that eats animals and plants.

• carnivore
• omnivore
  omnivore

Carnivores that hunt and eat other animals.

• carnivores
• predators

A group of different types of organisms that live together in the same area.

• food chain
• community

Shows how food energy moves among organisms.

• adaptation
• food chain